Scene 04 – Banks Goin’ Broke

We were super excited about this shot, as it proved to be the only bit of stop-motion animation that we worked into the whole piece. Ian carved this set out of green floral foam, then animated it frame-by-frame using pins to keep it all in place. The program he is using called Dragon and it allows us to scrub back and forth between frames before we take a picture so we can make sure it all lines up…

Here is what the final stop-motion footage looked like before we color corrected it and brought it into the film…

And if you have a closer look, every frame is like its own amazing abstract sculpture…